GB JUNIOR ROWERS LAUNCH CONTEST FOR 'APPRENTICE TEAM OF THE YEAR' AT DORNEY LAKE - EIGHT TEAMS FROM LEADING BUSINESSES COMPETE IN TWO MONTH CHALLENGE - GB JUNIOR ROWING TEAM POTENTIALS SET TO COMPETE ALONGSIDE BENTLEY, CO-OP AND VIRGIN MEDIA - WHALER BOAT USED IN CHALLENGES LAUNCHED ON DORNEY LAKE Eight teams from some of the country's leading employers are set to battle it out to become the 'apprentice team of year' in a new two-month challenge launched at Dorney Lake yesterday. The Brathay Apprentice Challenge will pit eight teams of apprentices against each other in a range of challenges designed to test young people's business acumen, team work and even physical endurance. The teams, which include apprentices from Bentley, the Co-operative, Virgin Media, the National Apprenticeship Service, defence manufacturers MBDA and aerospace firm Cobham, will be joined by a team made up of apprentices who are also GB Junior Rowing Team potentials -- supported by Junior World Champion Finalist Jack Beaumont, who gave a speech at the launch. Following two months of challenges designed to test the teams' abilities to work together, fundraise for a variety of charities and spread the word about what apprentices can achieve, the Challenge will come to a head with a full day contest at Brathay's Cumbrian training HQ. Here, the challenges will push the teams' problem solving skills and physical endurance to the limit as they end the day with a 10-mile whaler boat race across Lake ...